Design Technician IV. at Medtronic in Juncos, Puerto Rico

Job Description:

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
As a Design Technician IV at Medtronic Juncos Site, you will be contributing to the development and improvement of cutting-edge medical devices. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a dynamic and collaborative team, utilizing state-of-the-art design tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing and field service operations.


• Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools, such as CAD, CAM, CATIA, ProEngineer, Solidworx or Siemens NX Software.


• Gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts, sketches to present design proposal.


• Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning group such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Requires 8 years of relevant experience.


• Requires high school diploma or equivalent, vocational or technical education or certification

Nice to Have- Preferred skills

• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) knowledge


• Ability to effectively communicate complex design concepts to non-technical stakeholders


• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot design issues and implement innovative solutions.


• Experience in supporting design projects from conception to completion


• Prior experience with mechanical manufacturing process for medical device industry or a related field.


• Professional certification in mechanical drafting


• Create on-the-fly design sketches and models for analysis and modification

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Operations Incentive Plan (OIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.